Loaded russia says its newest weapon is operational and it goes 27. 00 times the speed of sound. So a huge bomb blasts killed and injured dozens of people in somalias capital mogadishu it is one of the worst attacks there in years and im going to officially 78 people have been killed but 125 others were injured and many more casualties are feared him or tossers following this story from nairobi in neighboring kenya where. They tack was carried out joining morning rush hour as many people going to work and University Students heading to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint east by many coming into marketing. Guys with. A truck loaded with explosives was detonated at a busy to. Point the explosion lead to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities official say many of those killed by the truck bomb. Explosion was very large it was close to where the 2017 bomb happened many people died here especially students i saw many dead bodies lying on the ground. Some of the dead were Police Officers but also students were killed. Officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint by Government Troops the group was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but is still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. Also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. Its trying to stop attacks like this from happening for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones thats a little comfort now. What. Are often claimed. And it does raise some concerns about the readiness of somali troops to take over from the African Union force which is there in the coming months has been wracked by conflict going back to 991 when clan warlords overthrew the former leader and then turn on each other. It was formed around a decade ago tried to topple the government and it wants to create a state under its own version of strict islamic law already controls parts of somalia southern and Central Regions it was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but as we see continues to target high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels it was blamed for that double truck bombing in mogadishu in october 27th seen which killed more than 500 people though we should say didnt actually claim responsibility for that the groups also been blamed for at least 200. 00 deaths this year alone including that of the mayor of mogadishu. Back in august the thoughts now about the hakim who is a researcher at the Heritage Institute for policy studies in mogadishu he believes this attack is the work of al shabaab i think we need to understand that that initial happen has been one of the most successful target incision in the wall and then they have been able to actually exploit the security witnesses in the country and they have been actually. Waging a symmetric and sort of war especially in an era but area and there are 80 is actually to inflict as many casualties as possible so that they can manipulate the psychology of the people so that they can really feel are among the people so i think you need to understand deep in the society i think as you can disappear over all it has been that if including over the last 3 or 0. 04 a large elite the government really tried to reorganize is Security Architecture but there has not been sound policy to really not corrupt out of there see. Also need to know that shabaab has been effective government the structure of the government in somalia will just get a quick update from how to reach us or as we said shes following this from from nairobi an update on the death toll 1st of all. Listeners are saying dozens have been killed and dozens more have been injured right now its said its a Recovery Mission theyre trying to get as many in just people to the hospital so they can get help and then they say when they have had time to tally everything figure out whos did these missing in the release the official death toll its been a scramble on the ground weve been told because when the initial explosion happened you can imagine there was chaos but now it seems its getting dark and most people have been taken to hospital those who have been injured all the bodies have been removed from the scene the issue now people are asking is what is security like in somalia why cant people get things right for example this checkpoint where the attack happened was manned by Police Officers and Government Troops who were by in a nearby building and the still the attack happened despite all the security took a service and now how capable is the somali army to protect civilians you also have the African Union soldiers in somalia as well and sometimes theyve also been ambushed and attacked by several groups and sometimes by alshabaab so a lot of uncertainty tonight in mogadishu but right now the project for the government is to help all those whove been injured and then the release in the face of death toll when they already ok we made mention of the surly and you did as well how do the African Union troops who are in somalia at the moment is there no bigger question the Somali Government being able to handle things if and when those troops go. That is the big question i mean the somali army has come a long way think about it i mean theyve managed to in a way kind of reorganize themselves tried to be more professional but because these attacks keep happening in well the dishy at security checkpoints people and ill ask you once at the beginning and she was doing leave will they be capable of saying no. Some are saying yes the government are saying that they are trying to do whatever they can to stop these attacks from happening but the question of course is now is not happening so what is the way forward it may mean they could be a delay of the African Union troops leaving but if they do leave of course all eyes will be on the somali army the Somali Government will they be able to protect their civilians and people from any further attacks if they happen how do thanks for that update how tosses in nairobi. To other news and more than a 1000 people been arrested across india over the last 24 hours in protests over a new citizenship law hasnt deterred demonstrators there from setting more around even sit ins across the country were looking at 15 days now of protests over the controversial which has been criticized as anti muslim Opposition Leader raul gandhi visited assam on saturday when the protest Movement Began as a new delhi for us where hundreds of protesters have been staging their own sister the 100000 people who were detained in general theres a strange you know they may be i guess to be right one would retain the International Capital and yet theyre still gathered across several sides in a number of testing against google because. This University Just going to guess that we are as we go to the epicenter of these protests groups and these will be really be coming out from all over the night now during watergate some of the what they describe as a disco in a tree dont you know they say they dont want us know. And they will keep dancing will continue their protests on monday or the government does not ever give me a member now most of these protesters as you did see you know women and children they were not part with their infantry and got 100 of those they braving the cold because im placing them down with Police Atrocities against everybody is sort of you know this the temperature of the of this university and that is in the city thats not the remotest people that theyre not safe in their. Neighborhood so that today the old soviet missile fell down even leading role in the field Position Party the Congress Party fundraiser sandwiches whether this began several other political leaders have flown the army i dont want different stages to protest against the moment theres great distrust toward our leaders really under the same group theyre not putting to house the man leadership would look like this is nothing i think them for you but theyre not happy with this im going to see her. Police sound violently cleared hundreds of protesters who stormed a Shopping Mall in hong kong close to the border with Mainland China the areas popular with traders who cross over to buy goods and then sell them back home demonstrators blame them for overcrowding pushing up prices these protests have disrupted hong kong for more than 6 months now mainly against chinas increasing influence over the territory florence though is among the protesters in hong kong and tells us this demonstration is a little different to other cities in the past 6 months. This protest here is hardly an offshoot of the main protest movement thats gone on for 6 months in hong kong but its also partly to home turf against the practice of our now trading compound all trading is a practice where shoppers traders come and buy goods in hong kong in bali and then resell them for profit in Mainland China a majority of these traders are mainland chinese its a practice that locals here if you disrupt their social and Economic Life its course shortage of goods its driven the prices of goods and hong kong people im happy about this practice so this is what this protest is about now weve seen the shutters in the Shopping Malls shut as soon as protest is moving its really not had protesters the views that mainland chinese now in these protests that have gone on for the past 6 months the anger against the hong kong and Chinese Government and now is the window into anger at the moment and trying these people as. Well and weve also seen why it really is moving to the Shopping Mall and to a rest stop and now the whole idea of this protest is to cause economic disruption in a bid to force the government to take notice of this protest movement and to meet the protesters demands now its also aimed at forcing disruption to an Economic Activity that protest is seen as mainly beneficial to mainland chinese and not people of hong kong. The u. N. General assembly has condemned human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in me and my 134 Member States voted for the resolution calling on me and miles government to combat the hatred and violence against minorities me and i was also facing a charge of genocide of the International Court of justice thousands of her who were killed in a government crackdown in Rakhine State back in 2017 and nearly a 1000000 more fled to bangladesh aleksei from benjamins or back you know Southeast Asia analyst who tells us this u. S. U. N. Resolution is too late and lacks the legal ways to trigger international action. You havent 9 nonbinding non legally binding General Assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something thats now 2 years in the past and urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no its very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit to either the. Refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar and remain at risk of further genocidal attacks the sad part about him is that the u. N. General assembly the same body that issued the resolution recently passed the responsibility to protect unanimously in 2005 which makes abundantly clear that when a country is either unable or unwilling to protect its people from genocide crimes against humanity and other Great International crimes that it is the collective responsibility of the International Community of Member States to take appropriate action to ensure that these crimes are not committed again and yet issuing a resolution 2 years after the fact does not constitute the kind of action that the General Assembly should be taking the resolution should be stating that if genocidal attacks continue that you know Rational Community is prepared to take military forceful military action to stop and punish the genocide in the end but unfortunately the the resolution didnt say that and sadly few Member States of the u. N. Are willing to take that action. In the news ahead the 1000000000. 00 avocado industry in mexico that the gangs are now battling to control and putting the wheels in motion how the finishing touches of being applied for the latest mission to mars. Hello again or welcome back to International Weather forecasts well across china particularly down towards the south more rain is in the forecast of the next few days and its going to be quite hard as we go towards sunday as well as into monday so for hong kong thats where the rain will be to the north not really lucky too bad for joe is going to be plenty of sun in the forecast with the temps there of 20 but as we go towards monday youll notice that rain really begin to extend not only for joe but towards taipei as well we do expect to see some very heavy rain possibly some localized flooding tempter staying into the low twentys across much of the area down towards the philippines though some good news there much drier conditions for the recovery and the relief efforts that need to be going on as we go into next week well here across india really not looking too bad across much of the area we have seen a break in the rain particular down towards Southern India as well as sri lanka really no clouds around but we could see some rain coming back here towards chennai thats going to happen here on sunday really lingering as we go towards monday as well up towards the north though its going to be chilly in the mornings rebounding into the mid teens for new delhi but over here towards kolkata and i stay few with a temperature of 23. 00 degrees and we are watching some rain here across parts of southern oman thats all due to a lingering tropical system for sala expect to see some more rain in the forecast with a temperature of 29. I. Fly a cancer place and experience the world is like never before cats are always going to places together to it. And these are our top stories this hour a huge bomb blast which killed 78 people in somalia one of the worst attacks in years the explosion happened near a security checkpoint in mogadishu 125 others were injured. More than a 1000 people been arrested across india in the past 24 hours during protests over the controversial citizenship law hasnt deterred demonstrators though from staging more rallies and sit ins right across the country. And police have also violently cleared hundreds of protesters who stormed the hong kong Shopping Mall they were chanting against traders from Mainland China accusing them of overcrowding and pushing up prices. Criminal gangs in mexico they are notorious for cocaine trafficking but theyre not all switching their attention some of them to something with a more healthy reputation avocado farmers say their 1000000000. 00 business has been wrecked by kidnapping and extortion gangs profits are growing along with u. S. Consumers appetite for mexican avocados John Heilemann has the story. The western world and in particular the United States is go mad for avocados within the last 20 years the average consumption there has more than tripled but if you are an american 18 minutes can have a car thats on toast or in your guacamole dip its possible not all of the profits are heading to the right hands. Michu a can make the heartland gangs a hijacking the industry extorting and kidnapping produces stealing trucks with their crop. Its widespread in lucrative theres a reason they can this gringo. But most grows it too scared to speak out it took weeks for us to persuade this man before they started by asking me for more money perfect hair they came to the farm and said whos the boss we want you to contribute that was 8 months ago he stories coleman eventually different groups were all asking him for protection money and paying them couldnt keep him safe political role some guys grabbed me and kidnapped me in their truck they beat me and broke my head open i told them to stop hitting me that i would get more money together the state Anti Kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing of those now everything has changed over routes through a lot of my workers my children my family we dont have any protection now i cant go to the orchard because there are many more people that beat me. To a kind has increasingly become the battleground of a collection of criminal groups. As in other parts of the country they branched out from complicated transnational Drug Trafficking to something is simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining lines local businesses i mean talk comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once trucks trafficking m. D. F. Mutated into a model where the control territory within the territory you get to. Hes out any type of commodity thats locally available so it still includes drugs but its also about extortion kidnapping its useless it seems for the victims to turn to authorities you cannot be sure if you talk to mexican functiona